Total sample population, above primary education in El Salvador

El Salvador: Total sample population, above primary education was 1.75 million in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.75 million
Change on year
up 5.4%
World rank
82nd
of 108 countries
All-time high
1.75 million
in 2019
All-time low
536,108
in 1991
Years of data
22
1991–2019

Total sample population, above primary education in El Salvador, 1991–2019

500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M1.5M1.8M1991200520191991: 536.1k1995: 756.9k1996: 846.6k1998: 996.6k1999: 1.0M2000: 944.2k2001: 1.2M2002: 1.3M2003: 1.3M2004: 1.3M2005: 1.4M2006: 1.5M2007: 1.1M2008: 1.3M2009: 1.4M2012: 1.4M2014: 1.6M2015: 1.6M2016: 1.5M2017: 1.5M2018: 1.7M2019: 1.8M

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, total sample population, above primary education in El Salvador stood at 1.75 million. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

That represents a change of up 5.4% on the previous year and up 27.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total sample population, above primary education in El Salvador peaked at 1.75 million in 2019 and was at its lowest, 536,108, in 1991.

That places El Salvador 82nd out of 108 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Total sample population, above primary education in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Total sample population, above primary education in El Salvador, 1991 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1991 536,108 —
1995 756,896 +41.2%
1996 846,574 +11.8%
1998 996,634 +17.7%
1999 1.03 million +3.7%
2000 944,219 -8.7%
2001 1.21 million +27.7%
2002 1.26 million +4.5%
2003 1.30 million +3.0%
2004 1.32 million +1.5%
2005 1.39 million +5.5%
2006 1.45 million +4.3%
2007 1.10 million -24.2%
2008 1.32 million +20.5%
2009 1.38 million +3.9%
2012 1.38 million +0.3%
2014 1.56 million +12.6%
2015 1.60 million +2.8%
2016 1.50 million -6.0%
2017 1.54 million +2.1%
2018 1.66 million +8.2%
2019 1.75 million +5.4%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 1.75 million is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5.07 million, 35% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 1.75 million is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.83 million, 46% of the median. (22 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Total sample population, above primary education in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1995 +41.2% 536,108 756,896

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 834,024 536,108 1.03 million 5
2000s 1.27 million 944,219 1.45 million 10
2010s 1.57 million 1.38 million 1.75 million 7

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 79 Lithuania 1.96 million compare
  2. 80 Mongolia 1.95 million compare
  3. 81 Mali 1.84 million compare
  4. 83 Rwanda 1.70 million compare
  5. 84 Guinea 1.58 million compare
  6. 85 Niger 1.46 million compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is total sample population, above primary education in El Salvador?
Total sample population, above primary education in El Salvador was 1.75 million in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest total sample population, above primary education recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 1.75 million in 2019.
What is the lowest total sample population, above primary education recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 536,108 in 1991.
How does El Salvador rank for total sample population, above primary education?
El Salvador ranks 82nd out of 108 countries with data for 2019.
Is total sample population, above primary education rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Total sample population, above primary education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Total sample population, above primary education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,460 data points, 1970–2021
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